Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,195, Luke Flint, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Flint, Luke
S. 42,195
CONTENTS

Sett Pension, July 1 st
Tr a Cn - m. n. 14137
do - do - May 12 th 37
Transf d to Pennsylvania in fr. Albany, from 4 th Sept r 36 - May 17 th 37
Examined with Orig. Rolls Aug. 1883. Nels.
Date of death not on a/c
Should this Pensioner apply for a new certificate, see the within letter from Col. Ratherway, and letter to Agent, 17 May 23 -
5,014 Pa
New York Roll Penn.
Luke Flint Col. Myllyes private Connecticut line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of - 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of Dec r 1818 and sent to Benj a P. Johnson Esq r Rom. Oneida Co. N.Y. for his own
Arrears to 4 th of Sept r 1818 - 4 mos 24 / 30 37.60 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819. 48
Wyllys $ 85 60 { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18 th March, 1818. }
1770 10 months continued Rome, Oneida Co

State of New York } County of Oneida p. 3 }
At a Court of Common
pleas being a Court of Record held at Whitesboro in & for said County of Oneida on the eight day of Sept r 1820 personally appeared Luke Flint aged, sixty six years Resident in Rome in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare That he served in the Revolutionary war in Colo Wythys Regt. & Capt Willis Clefts - company Connecticut line for more than nine Months & that the date of his Original declaration of said services was the 14 th day of April 1818. And the number of his pension Certificat. is 5,014 - And I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift Sale or in any Manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolu- tionary war passed the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securi- ty contracts or debts due to me nor have I any in common other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed & by me subscribed — Schedule Luke Flint
1. Cow, 1 old horse 1. 5 pail Kettles 1. pail, 2. Tin bason, 3. spoons 2. Old axes, 1. hoe, 1. Jack knife
Sworn to & declared on the 8 th day of September Luke Flint
(31) 1820 before E. Bacon Judge of Oneida County

I further swear that I have a wife who is crazy & destroys all the property she can lay her hands upon I have the following Children who live with me Luke 15 years old has falling sickness fits Elijah 7 years old And that I was in the Battle at White Plains & also in that at Dobs Ferry where I was wounded & that I am am too infirm to labor but a small portion of my time & that I receive a part of my daily support from the Town as a pauper
Luke Flint
Sworn to & subscribed on the 8 th day of September 1820 before
By Deacon Judge of Oyer & Terminar
State of New York Oyer & Terminar for the County of Ulster ss. A Court of record by statute of the 10 th of September 1820 The whole of these proceedings were had in open Court & in the opinion of this Court the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the above schedule is thirty one Dollars & no more
I William A Woodgood Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Ulster do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereunto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court: And I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount, in value of the property exhibited in the above said schedule is thirty one Dollars - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on the eighth day of September 1820
William A Woodgood Clerk

Luke Shurt private Willis Conn. Reg t 1777 — 14 April 1818
enlisted March 1 st '78 — discharged Jan 1. '79 —
Admitted
1777 — In Mr. Shurt's —

State of New York } Luke Flint a citizen of the Onida County } United States residing at Rome in the County of Onida being only seven deposeth and saith that he has no writings to which he can refer himself for the correctness of the following dates, but verily believes them to be true — This Deponent was enlisted for three years, in the month of April 1777 at Winstan in the State of Connecticut, in a company under a Captain Willis Clift, and in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Willis (and in General Parsons Brigade). From Winstan this deponent was marched to Puckkill and remained there about one week and then went to Westpoint in the State of New York. From thence the army marched into New Jersey and was present at the Battle of White Plains in this State, and also at a small engagement at Dobbs Ferry.
This Deponent was transferred about a year after he was enlisted, in a Regiment commanded by a Colonel Dutcher, and in General Scotts Brigade. This deponent served out his three years and received an honorable discharge at Reading in Pennsylvania signed by a Captain Henry Charnfield. This deponents discharge has been lost for a great number of years. The Discharge was given in the Spring of 1780.
The above facts are true according to the best of this Deponents knowledge and belief — This deponent knows of no person in this part of the country who is acquainted with his having in the army. This Deponent is quite old and infirm and is

unable to labor, and has a family of eleven children. This Deponent from his reduced circumstances stands in need of his country's assistance for support
And further says not
Sworn to & Subscribed before me at Rome this 14th day of April 1818.
Luke Flint
Charles Wylie Clerk of the Judges of Oneida Co. - Pleas
I Charles Wylie one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Oneida, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Luke Flint did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding affidavit against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken there before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the act of congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war." (23) Rome Oneida Co. April 14. 1818 that I know him absolutely needs his country's assistance for support
Clerk's Office Oneida County
Charles Wylie
I certify that Charles Wylie was a Judge for this County at the time of making the above affidavit & Certificate & that his signature to the same appears to be of his own proper handwriting. Witness the seal of said County the 23rd May 1818 — James M. Woodgood Clerk

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Luke Flint a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 42,195
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apl. 1777 3 years Private Wills Clift Peleg Heath Ebenezer Moseley Samuel Wyllys Butler Conn.        
Battles engaged in, White Plains & was wounded at Dobbs Ferry
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. at Windham, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Apl. 14, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Rome, Oneida Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, in 1820: sixty-six years.
Remarks: in 1818 he stated that he had eleven children - but did not give their names. In 1820 he referred to his wife (name not stated) & children Luke aged 15 yrs. & Elijah 7 yrs.
In 1837 he resided in Crawford Co., Penn. with a son, name not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
1818 11 children

1918 Feb. 5. History to Mrs. S. J. McCallagh. 4
H 2 195
Rev INVALID.
No. Feb. 195 Luke Martin Rev Martin
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 3 , Page 178
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 12
Dec 18
[Handwritten signature]
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington
W Lake Placid N.Y. with P. M. C.
D. C.

Phila a May 10 th 1837
Dear Sir
Luke Flint's name has not been transferred from the New York Pension Roll to the List of this State in which he now resides. You will please, therefore, give such instructions to the agent in this place as will enable me, Mr Flint's atty, to draw his pension &
Yrs
Yrs & C
Alfred Burner
To the
Comm ee of Pensions
Washington

May 18
Rev. Benj. D. D. D.
James L. Bowdoin Esq. Commr. of Pension, War Dept. City of Washington.

MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
May 15. 1837
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 12 th inst. I have to state, that S ub rs Flink _____ a Pensioner under the Act of March 18. 1818 at eight Dollars per month was last paid to the 4 day of Sept. 1836.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
H. M. Clermont
PRES'T, AND PENSION AGENT.

Edw. -
At NEW BEDFORD May 7/18
from
Gay H. Hovey
Rec. 10c May 1823
free
to S. C. Calhoun
Sunday at War
Washington

Rome N.Y. May 4. 1823
Hon ble S. C. Calhoun
Sir I respectfully solicit your attention to the following facts, I am a merchant of this place, & have for several years advanced cash & provisions to pensioners on deposit of their certificates. — Luke Flint a pensioner of the Revolution, employed me to obtain his pension, he rec d . an advance of cash & goods, & previous to the Semiannual pay he removed from the county to the N.W. part of the State (Frederonia, Chautauqua Co.), he has since twice or three times drawn his pay at the office of the agent N. York thro' an Atty., each of which times he, in order to defraud me & get his pay, must have sworn corruptly, with the knowledge of his Atty. there, as they well knew, that the original certificate of pension was not in his (Flint's) possession, as he swears, but was in mine, 300 miles off.
I mentioned these facts last fall to Mr. Parris the dep y agent N. York, who advised me to address the head of the department on the subject, who he doubted not, would direct the agent to require Mr. Flint, or his Atty. to produce the original certificate before another payment would be made. — my demand is small, less than $25.00 but I am unwilling to be defrauded of it, & presume to trust I shall be aided in getting it, — even if necessary I could give the most respectable references, as to myself. Judge M c Millen's attestation is now on file in the War office. —
With great respect,
I am Sir your obed t
Asahel Hathaway

Mr. Burdine M ch 4 Burdine 1853
Free
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Albany Feb 7 1853
Dear Sir

Application for Transfer State of Pennsylvania } ss. Lebanon County }
On this 7 th day of March 1837 before the Subscribers a justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Lebanon personally ap- peared Luke Flint who on his oath de- clares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Companies Commanded by Captains Ebenezer Moseley, W. Cleft & Peleg Heath, for Heath in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Samuel Willis, in the Service of the United States, that his Name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the State of Pennsylvania where he intends to reside and wishes his pension to be then payable in future, and that his reason for removing to the State of Pennsylvania was there, being informed and having resided with his son for several who had sold his farm in Chautauque County N.Y. and purchased in Pennsylvania he was desirous of still continuing with him.
Sworn & Subscribed before me } this 7 day of March 1837 }
John Radle
Luke Flint
State of Pennsylvania } ss. Lebanon County }
Be it known that on the 7 th day of March 1837 before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Ruel Flint who being duly sworn according to law says he well knows Luke Flint to be the same person described in the above affidavit.
Ruel Flint
Sworn & Subscribed before me } this 7 day of March 1837 }
John Radle

I do hereby certify that Ruper Flint is a man of veracity and that his statement in the foregoing affidavit is worthy of credit and belief. Witness my hand this 7 th day of March 1837 John Radle
State of Pennsylvania } ss Lebanon } ss
I James Lockhart Prothonotary and clerk of the several Courts of Craven do hereby certify that John Radle before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is a justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this fourth day of March in the year 1837
James Lockhart Prothonotary

43 St. James Pl.
Buffalo N.Y.
Jan 30-18.
Commissioner of Pensions Rev Sec Washington D.C. 121
Dear Sir, -
Will you kindly send me the record of Luke Flint, a pensioner of Connecticut under the act of 1818 residing in New York State, including all family data given in his application for pension.
If his wife was pensioned please give me date of his death. Thanking you, I am,
Truly yours,
(Mrs S. J.) Mary Tanner McCullagh